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Chudek Side Supports (CSS)

MarkA first receive his CSSs and told Panda, for the money, there is no better support. Mark had absolutely no complaints and needed no additional modifications. This was extremely impressive to Panda considering Mark and Panda have been discussing creating a custom side support specifically for badminton for close to 2 years and each time, some issues arose. Because of Mark's comments, Panda purchased two sets.

The CSSs are very strong, dense, precise and well made. This is especially true when you consider they are made by hand. After stringing over 100 rackets with the CSSs...they are so good Panda sold his SPT Badminton Mounts.

Like Mark said, there's nothing to complain about. The only modification Panda did was remove all but one layer of the original yellow heat shrink tubing and added the Watts PVC tubing as you see in the images. With this mod, the CSSs are truly first-rate. Stringing rackets at 30-35lbs. is very simple as the racket doesn't slip, slide, jiggle or wiggle.

There are no problems with clearance on any of the grommet holes, the height of the supports is ideal. Really, no problems this Panda can think of.

The only other modification that Panda may do is replace the wing nuts with hexagon ones.

That's it. If you need some badminton specific side supports or want to improve your stringing, Panda extremely, highly recommends you purchase a set of CSSs. You cannot go wrong.

Panda will be piecing together a new stringing machine for the new club that's opening in late April 2011 in Pomona, CA (aka SGVBC II) with 20 courts and that machine will be using the CSSs.

Springs = I've been looking for those springs, but can never find a source.

End Cap = I see those PVC end caps all the time. They are usually on the end of steel round bars to keep them from damaging things. There used to be a long tube (2-3") with a closed end we used to slide over the brake lever on BMX bikes. A quick search found me this site: http://www.stockcap.com/pvc-caps.html

MarkA first receive his CSSs and told Panda, for the money, there is no better support. Mark had absolutely no complaints and needed no additional modifications. This was extremely impressive to Panda considering Mark and Panda have been discussing creating a custom side support specifically for badminton for close to 2 years and each time, some issues arose. Because of Mark's comments, Panda purchased two sets.

The CSSs are very strong, dense, precise and well made. This is especially true when you consider they are made by hand. After stringing over 100 rackets with the CSSs...they are so good Panda sold his SPT Badminton Mounts.

Like Mark said, there's nothing to complain about. The only modification Panda did was remove all but one layer of the original yellow heat shrink tubing and added the Watts PVC tubing as you see in the images. With this mod, the CSSs are truly first-rate. Stringing rackets at 30-35lbs. is very simple as the racket doesn't slip, slide, jiggle or wiggle.

There are no problems with clearance on any of the grommet holes, the height of the supports is ideal. Really, no problems this Panda can think of.

The only other modification that Panda may do is replace the wing nuts with hexagon ones.

That's it. If you need some badminton specific side supports or want to improve your stringing, Panda extremely, highly recommends you purchase a set of CSSs. You cannot go wrong.

Panda will be piecing together a new stringing machine for the new club that's opening in late April 2011 in Pomona, CA (aka SGVBC II) with 20 courts and that machine will be using the CSSs.

Originally Posted by CovinaStringer;1633343
End Cap = I see those PVC end caps all the time. They are usually on the end of steel round bars to keep them from damaging things. There used to be a long tube (2-3") with a closed end we used to slide over the brake lever on BMX bikes. A quick search found me this site: [URL

http://www.stockcap.com/pvc-caps.html[/URL]

Again, as stated in the review, those are not PVC endcaps, they are heat shrink tubing.

I recall someone saying they are 1/2" OD x 7/8" L. I've tried to look for it at McMaster's but some of their stock is limited, and the one that seems to fit are $6.06 each. I think I have a local lead, but I may need to buy a 100 for the same price as 2 from McMasters.

Originally Posted by DinkAlot

Again, as stated in the review, those are not PVC endcaps, they are heat shrink tubing.

I was talking about the PVC tubing. They also make Silicone end caps and rectangular PVC endcaps that might look better. If you use PVC tubing for it's friction properties, then PVC endcaps may be the solution, though not a cheap one but at least one that looks nice. It's ugly but it works. Just some constructive criticism, bro.